Bridle-rosette.



G. G. BAILEY. BRIDLE ROSE'ITE. APPLICATION FILED APR.6, 1909.

Patented July 13, 1909.

UNITED STATES PATENT CLIFFORD O. BAILEY, OF WOONSOOKET, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO PERFORATED PAD COMPANY, OF WOONSOGKET, RHODE ISLAND, A CORPORATION OF RHODE ISLAND.

BRIDLE-ROSETTE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 13, 1909.

Application filed April 6, 1909. Serial No. 488,280.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLIFFORD C. BAILEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at \Voonsocket, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bridle-Rosettes, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

Like reference letters indicate like parts.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my im proved bridle rosette, and is on an enlarged scale. Fig. 2 is a top plan View of the same. Fig. 3 is an inverted bottom plan view of the medallion, which constitutes the central ornamental portion of the rosette. Fig. 4; is a diametrical section of said medallion. Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the rim piece. Fig. (3 view of the same as seen partly in elevation and partly in diametrical section. Fig. 7 is a top plan view of the reflecting piece. Fig. 8 is a diametrical section of the same. Fig. 9 is a plan View of the filling piece. Fig. 10 is a view of the same as seen partly in elevation and partly in diametrical section. Fig. 11 is a plan view of the back plate. Fig. 12 is a View of the same as seen partly in elevation and partly in diainetrical section. Fig. 13 is a front elevation of the loop.

M y invention relates to harness trimmings and more particularly to the ornamental rosettcs used for the adornment of bridles, and it consists of the novel construction and combination of the several parts as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings A represents a medallion or glass piece, which may be of any desired shape. If made of clear colorless glass, a picture or ornament of paper may be securedto the bottom thereof on the surface, indi cated as a, and the entire bottom may be covered with a colored varnish or other translucent coating, which will give the entire piece of glass an appearance like colored glass. The piece A may have the bottom surface recessed, as represented at b, to protect such figure or ornament and also the varnish or coating, thus forming an annular flange c.

A reflecting piece B, having the same con tour or peripheral shape as the edge of the bottom of the medallion A and concentric therewith, is secured upon a filling piece C. The piece O is dished, as represented at c.

The reflecting piece or disk D has its upper surface highly polished, and finished in gilt, silver, or nickel plate to give it a luster. The light reflected from it, passing through the colored varnish or translucent coating of the medallion, produces a peculiarly soft and rich tint, resembling that of a precious stone. As the heating or soldering of such a reflecting disk to the filling piece would destroy this luster or reflection, any suitable gum, which will permanently retain a good degree of adhesivcness, is used to attach the reflecting disk in contact with the filling piece on their contiguous surfaces. The dotted circle 00 in Fig. 9 indicatesthe position of the reflecting disk 13 upon the filling piece C, when said disk has been attached thereto as described.

A back piece D constitutes the rear surface of this rosette or ornament, and is of the same shape and size as the piece O, already described, and is dished at f, as shown, so that the two pieces C and D abut each other along the entire periphery of both. The back piece D has two holes 5/ made through it, diametrically located, as shown in Figs. 11 and 12.

A metallic loop E has an annular shoulder or collar at near each of its ends it. These ends a are inserted through the holes 9 of the back piece D and are riveted down to the inner surface of the back piece, as illustrated at a in Fig. 1.

An annular rim F serves to secure the parts A, C and D together, the edge 32 thereof engaging with the outer surface of the medallion A and the edge 1 thereof engaging with the back piece D, as shown in Fig. 1.

The parts are assembled as follows. The medallion A (Figs. 3 and 4) is inserted through the central opening .9 of the rim piece or ring F (Figs. 5 and 6) until the annular edge 7) of the piece F is in contact with that surface of the medallion A which has a diameter equal to the diameter of the opening 8. At this time the portion of the piece F contiguous to the edge g thereof has the large diameter represented in Fig. 6. Then the filling piece O, to which the reflecting disk B has been gummed as described, is inserted in the large end of the rim piece F until the dished outer portion 6 is in contact with the dished inner portion of the rim piece, as shown in Fig. 1. Then the ends a of the metallic loop E (Fig. 13.), having been inserted through the holes 9 of the back piece D (Fig 11) and riveted, as represented at a, is inserted through the large end of the rim piece F until its edge '0 (Fi 2D 12) abuts the edge to (Fig. 10) of the filling piece C, as seen in Fig. 1. Then, the annular edge q of the rim piece F is turned over radially in an inward direction and closed down by any suitable tool into contact with the back piece D, as seen in Fig. l at g. The two pieces C and D, thus abutting each other, give a symmetrical body of a desirable size and proportion to constitute a base for the structure. The filling piece C serves to support the reflecting disk B in close proximity to the base of the glass piece or medallion A and thus to give the best possible depth of color and gemlike translucency, and also to press the disk B to firm contact with the medallion A and to hold said medallion rigidly in contact with the annular edge 79 of the rim piece F. In this compactand firm assemblage of the parts together, all rattling and looseness of structure are prevented, and an apparent solidity of the whole rosette is obtained, which is very artistic and satisfactory, both for ornament and useful wear. The collars m, integral with the loop E, and the riveting of the ends of the loop at n dispense with the usual soldered connect-ion and is much stronger, as the collars 7n; resistany prying action of the loop E, when in use, to which action a soldered joint is liable to yield after a while.

I claim as a novel and useful invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent The improved bridle rosette herein described, consisting of the combination of the medallion A; the filling piece C; the reflecting disk B, fastened upon the filling piece C and held thereby in contact with the inner surface of the medallion A; the back piece D having the dished annular edge f and provided with a loop E, which has collars m in proximity with said piece D; and the annular rim piece or ring F, whose upper edge p is in contact with the medallion A near but within the annular edge thereof and whose lower edge 9 is curved inwardly in a radial direction to underlie and engage the outer surface and thereby to hold the edge 4) of the back piece D in forcible abutment with the edge w of the filling piece C and to fasten the medallion A, the filling piece C and the back piece D together.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CLIFFORD C. BAILEY. I/Vitnesses I. HERBERT POND, II. A. Coon. 

